For your first entry:

Describe your impressions of a trip you took to a foreign country. Why did you visit this country? How long did you stay? What were you hoping to gain from your visit? What differences between American culture and this country’s culture particularly struck you? How do you account for these differences? Did these differences negatively or positively affect your impression of this country? If you were to conduct business in this country, what would you want to learn before returning?